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Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart OMG!!! This was my first dress choice! How funny, I think it's beautiful! All you do is email them and reference your dress designer and make to [email protected] They get back to you pretty quick and are good with emailing fast. They even got back to me and asked me to double check a few of my measurements. Good luck! Hi KittenHeart Can i just ask you, what made you decided on Duosheng to make your dress. You said you had undertaken a lot a research and i was intrested how you reached your decesion as im having the same dilemma

yes....received a quote this morning to make my dress Landybridal £198.00 duosheng £239.00 Think im going with Landybridal, not because of the cost, but because of you ladies that have bought from them and posted pics are really happy with your dresses.....might I add you all look fantastic. The only dilemma i have is what size to order.....

This thread is brilliant. I already have a dress but im not really sure if i like it enough. After reading all your information and checking out some of the sites you recomend, have decided to email two of them for costing on a Sottero Midgley dress ASM3275 for a TTD Landybridal and Duosheng.com I am hoping the pricing is within limit if it is then im taking the plunge and ordering it.

Hi Ladies I hope you have all had a lovely Christmad break. Just wondering how all your plans are going, Ive come to a stand still and wondering if there is anything i should be doing !!! Invitations are made, Favours bought, Dress chosen, BM Dress ordered, Grooms Outfit sorted, not really sure what else i need to do.

Quote: Originally Posted by finleys7 Sam I like the website, especially the 'Have Your Say' part about songs you want to hear...good idea. Mine is finleychierchie.com if you want to take a look. Thankyou for the priviledge of looking at your web site, its is fantastic. I love that you have put music to yours. Your idea of a quiz is brilliant. You must have had a lot of fun designing it. Thankyou

I have been sent a picture of a traditional beach set up, from the hotel W/C Mayra, which looks really lovely. Not sure if i am able to upload it correctly on this site but if anybody would like the picture please feel free to email @ [email protected]. I will do my best to send it across

Quote: Originally Posted by Ryan's girl I know that the Lindo had white and gold for sure. Unfortunately that was a detail that we totally forgot about and they used the gold for our wedding. I wasn't the biggest fan of the gold. The set up for the beach ceremony is pretty simple, but there are lots of extras that you can add on. I'll try to upload a picture of our ceremony for you. Thankyou for your information I did however take the plunge and contact the hotel who were very quick to reply, They do have other colours available, and blue is one of them so im really pleased.

Hi Ladies hope you are all well and wedding plans are in full swing. I have just spent most of today working on our wedding website - please tell me if you like it or hate it !! www.kevinandsamantha.gettingmarried.co.uk Just a couple of quick questions, i hope you dont mind answering ? Do any of you ladies know if the hotel supply coloured bows for the chair backs or if we have to bring them with us. Also does anybody know the kind of set up they have for a beach ceremony.

Quote: Originally Posted by finleys7 Sam, I can't pull up the picture, when I google the designer and number I get nothing =( Do you have a picture? hi I have a picture on my phone so ill try and upload it. The other dress that im considering is by sottero & midgley - jodie ( destination style) have tried it on but now cant decide. We are not allow to take photos of dresses we try on untill we comit to buy even them some shops refuse - really helpfull !!!

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMoreno Hi Sam 33 Oh that's so fun that we'll be getting married a day apart! We are thinking in the gazebo- that is up on top of the pool. I ordered my dress, the save the dates are going out in 2 days, but no other firm plans yet. How bout you guys? Happy planning! Hi Helen 222- good luck with your choice! We actually have been to the Lindo before on vacation & loved it! The swim up bar was the best, great food, all around good times. Hi We have sent out our save the day`s earlier in the year. I have just finished making our invitations so they r ready to be sent. We have bought favours for our guests, ladies are receiving turquoise printed sarongs, men are receiving white t-shirts (Printed with a mexico motif). I have bought turquoise fans for reception had a thought that the guests might get hot sitting in the sun watching the ceromony. I have yet to buy bridesmaids dresses think the plan is for me to get them within the next month. The most exciting bit of the planning so far is booking photographer Claudia Rodriguez for our day, as photos mean so much to us. Have not had the details from the hotel yet. Mayra our W/C did say we will be contacted 3 months b4 our wedding to customise our day. I think we are on the ball with most of the planning, the only dilemma i have is my dress !!!! I have bought a Ronald Joyce creation, style no 159027, but am not sure its the right one for a destination wedding. Would like to know what you think !!! Would love to know how your planning is going, what kind of dress you have chosen, and who is your photographer!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMoreno Hi Ladies! I'm new to this site. I'm Missy from Chicago and our wedding date is set for The Lindo on June 1, 2010. Can't wait to meet you all. Missy Hi Missy Welcome to the forum. We are getting married at the Maya hotel the day before you. It would be lovely to hear about your plans for your big day. Hope all is going well.

Quote: Originally Posted by english guy The iberostar Grand is one of the three hotels that we are considering for our wedding and is my personal favourite. Could you please share your pictures with me? hello We found most of our pictures on the First Choice website and the iberostar hotels own site. I dont know if you know about trip advisor but If you put in name of hotel you will find lots of pictures that people have taken of the complex. Hope this helps

Quote: Originally Posted by finleys7 Sam33, How many people are you inviting? Hi We have invited approx 30 people, but only 10 have booked so far. Cost is an issue for a lot of them. Think they are going to wait nearer the time to see if they get some last minute bargains. Its all so exciting

Quote: Originally Posted by Katie_2010 Thanks for your post Sam. We heard back from our TA today and they have said they can't do anything about the package as the hotel won't but they (the TA) will waiver the £35 pp change fee and let us change the hotel/destination free of charge. How has it been for the hotel you've changed to? was there a big difference? and where did you change to? (sorry about all the questions!) and yep...started looking at Cuba but kinda gone back to looking at alternatives in Mexico now. just so wary because I don't want to find myself in the same situation again... soooo stressed! HI Katie we had no problems in changing hotels and packages. TA were brilliant think they began to get a headache with all our problems. We changed and booked the iberostar paraiso maya, we had to change our wedding date by 2 weeks but that was a little price to pay for happines we did not have to pay the £35.00 cancellation fee either. The holiday was £80.00 pp more expensive though. The resort has 5 hotels on its complex if you look at the iberostar website you will find lots of info about it. We managed to get everthing confirmed within 15 hours. They even agreed we could have outside photography without problems, and of course we managed to book claudia rodriguez. Katie i am sorry you are having problems but if your considering changing then you need to do it sooner rather than later. if you want to email me its [email protected]. please let me know what/how you get on.

Quote: Originally Posted by amyrot I can't wait to hear about your planning at the Maya since yours is before mine! A lot of people seem to get married at the DelMar/Paraiso beach locations, so I'm feeling I need some more info about the Maya!! Hi there have been in touch with mayra at IB Paraiso Maya who has said if i have any questions to email her and she will relpy quickly. they dont start planning "your wedding" untill 3 months befor the big day, however that does not stop you from having everthing organised beforehand. I have finished our invitations which have taken a few months to get them too look exactly how i wanted them. -Favours for the male guests have been bought - blue/turquoise t-shirts -Favours for the female guests - short hibiscus print turquoise sarongs -Have decided to buyt turquoise silk fans for the ladies to use for the beach ceremony, just incase they hot. Dress is bought, H2B and best mans outfits bought, Bridesmaids dresses still to buy. My one concern at the moment is wether to get my make up applied by the spa or try and do it myself. deff going to have my hair up. If i could get the pictures to upload on to this site i would include the photos of invitations, dress etc, but cant seam to do this at the moment. Will keep trying though. Would love to hear how your plans are comming along too.

Quote: Originally Posted by Katie_2010 aw Ash, thanks so much for posting all that. I'd definitely be interested to hear about the food please!! We are in the process of a major complaint to the TA and hotel about the mis-selling of the package and photographer issue, amongst several other things. The result could be anything...but if they don't sort out the issues, we will at least be moving hotel and company, if not country as well....Cuba's sounding quite tempting at the moment! I've had a major stressful weekend with it all and this planning has officially become horrible, stressful and draining and I don't want to do it anymore. something needs to change ( interesting as well about Carrie- you're comment about there not really being a sea view - we're paying quite a bit more money for a room which apparently is a sea view room!! this will be something else to go on the complaint email!! Hi Im really sorry to hear you r having problems with the hotel. We had a similar problem as yourselves. with photographer and decorated venue among many issues. Our TA (Who are brilliant),have been fighting our corner for us but they were not getting anywhere fast, not their fault. We had decided that after 8 weeks of no answers to make the big decession to change venue. We changed venue and within 15hrs had the date confirmed, photographer booked and wedding package organised, i feel so relieved and excited. This was the best decesion we made. I do hope you manage to get things sorted and your wedding is still on course for the Azul Sensatori as i am sure it is a beautiful resort and your wedding will be perfect. By the way we have been to cuba, it has beautiful beaches and clear blue seas just perfect, however it is very third world. Would be intrested to hear your views on how your getting on

[ Hi Everyone We have booked Claudia for our wedding and I am so excited, her photos are amazing. We decided the photographs are really important to us as we want to be looking at them for the rest of our life. We are also having a TTD session the next morning at the resort.

Hi Everyone Im so excited to be getting married at the Iberostar Paraiso Maya on 31st May 2010. The resort looks amazing. We pulled out of the sensatori resort because of problems we were experiencing. Huge decesion to have to change venue and wedding date, however i am so unbelievably happy now and everything seams to have fallen into place.

hi there We are getting married at the iberostar Paraiso Maya. We decided pull out of the sensatori resort after problems with the hotel. We are so excited to be getting married here.

hi ladies just thought ii would let you all know, as you were all kind in sending me info. Myself and h2b have decided to change our wedding venue, we are no longer getting married a the sensatori hotel due to problems we have/are experiencing there. We are now going to the iberostar paraiso Maya on the 22 may 2010. I wish all of you getting married at the sensatori good luck and i hope you have a wonderful day.

Quote: Originally Posted by drtracy And just a few more... Your pictures are brilliant You look stunning We have booked Cecilia for our wedding and if i can look have as god as you i`ll be happy. Thankyou for info and photos.

Quote: Originally Posted by Katie_2010 Hi Sam....I'm in total agreement - we want Claudia too. She was on the list of approved photographers at the time that we booked as well. Did you go to your original TA or did you go to the Thomson Wedding Team to get them to fight your corner? We want to do exactly the same but I don't know which of them I should contact. I don't think contacting Tiffany is going to have the same affect!! And yes, any decoration you have is extra - they charge you for anything and everything. Let me know what response you get as well!! Katie. hi katie we went to TA who we booked with. First Choice (who Thomson have merged with now) they are fighting our corner for us.

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Claudia is allowed to photograph at Azul, you just have to pay Azul a $500 fee. hello that was the understanding that i had. After emailing claudia as asking for her, she replied that she is no longer allowed to work at the azul site. How long ago did you book claudia

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Claudia is allowed to photograph at Azul, you just have to pay Azul a $500 fee. hello that was the understanding that i had. After emailing claudia as asking for her, she replied that she is no longer allowed to work at the azul site. What date did you book claudia pls.

Quote: Originally Posted by Katie_2010 Hey girls, Does anybody know who the approved photographers are for Azul Sensatori? I'm still awaiting a response from my WC!! Or if you're a vendor on here and you are, let me know!!! Thanks, Katie. hi I tried to get the names but im at work tonight at the computer here is rubbish keeps blocking pop ups so cant get the names for you. If you go to Karismahotels.com, click under the heading weddings, then on the left side menu option click photo video package this will bring up the hotels prefered photographers, be prepared they are not brilliant !!! let me know how you get on